Very soon, a group of people charged upstairs and dragged the female waitress down. By now, her mouth was covered with black duct tape, and she couldn't make a single sound. Even so, she still had a

deadly look in her eyes.

Still feeling frantic, Jeremy Quest hurriedly ran downstairs and over to Xyla Quest.

Jeremy placed his trembling hands on Xyla's shoulder. "Xyla... How... How are you? Are you alright?" He stammered.

"I'm fine, Dad. Don't worry," Xyla said and shook her head.

After carefully examining Xyla's body, Jeremy pulled her into his arms. "Thank goodness you're alright... Thank goodness you're alright..."

Xyla allowed Jeremy to hug her. Slowly, her heart rate became stable.

After hugging Xyla for a long while, Jeremy finally let go of her carefully. He then turned to look at Christopher. "Thank you for saving my daughter," Jeremy said.

"You're welcome," Christopher replied with a smile.

After that, Christopher suddenly stopped smiling and turned to look at the auction host. "Tell your manager that we'll make the payment later..."

host immediately nodded

exactly, she'd seen enough to know that this man wasn't one she could afford offending. He must have been someone

immediately started escorting the female waitress

Xyla. "Are you alright?" he

Xyla nodded.

Christopher said before

hand and followed him

the group of people to

the parking lot, Christopher stopped walking and lifted his

he wanted them to

minutes, everyone in the

cigarette and leaned on one of the pillars nearby. With the smoke swirling around

that, his men closed the door to the parking

all now in a

the ambiance felt

herself free, but it didn't work at all. One of Christopher's men immediately tore the duct tape off her

shouting at

puff at his cigarette before blowing the air out. He then took out his lighter and played with it. "Go on, keep shouting. Let's see who'd dare to rescue someone off my hands," he said. Although Christopher didn't speak very loudly, his voice sent chills

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